Focus on French Cinema - French Film Festival of Greenwich

Festival 2009

The 5 th Anniversary of FOCUS ON FRENCH CINEMA was held the weekend of April 3-5 2009, at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, NY.

The festival was a great success with the screening of 10 critically acclaimed US and NY premieres.
We had a "full house" for many of our films with an increase of more than 30% in audience attendance, based on a shorter program ( 10 movies versus 13 in 2008).

The Selection of films:
This year, the selection of 10 films included 3 US premieres , and 6 premieres in the New York area (except for Laurent Cantet’s “The Class” selected for our student audience). Three of the movies and guests received a standing ovation!
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SPECIAL EVENTS

La Boum Sophie Marceau was the guest of honor for the Opening Night US Premiere comedy - "Lol"® (Laughing out loud) Her charm, simplicity and insight during the Q & A sessions following "Lol"® (where the audience was literally laughing out loud) and "Les Femmes de l'ombre" (Female agents) brought the audience to their feet in standing ovations for both films.

Jean-Michel Ribes presented his film Musée Haut , Musée bas (A day at the Museum) and riveted the audience with his intellectual and provocative responses.

The Breakfast with Directors and Actors was filled to capacity: the animated discussion was masterfully moderated by Professor Ronnie Scharfman and featured Sophie Marceau, Chri stophe Lambert, Jean-Michel Ribes, Christian Bujeau, Patrick Gimenez and selected professors of Purchase College.

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A weekend of French films with international scope, Focus on French Cinema is dedicated to the awareness and promotion of French and francophone cinema and is presented by Alliance Française of Greenwich, Purchase College and French Feelings Films.